Posts Tagged ‘cool’

“WHITE MAGIK” – Free Social Networking Icon Set

// May 31st, 2009 // Comments Off // Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, Facebook, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, RSS Feeds, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, free, icon sets, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


“WHITE MAGIK” – Free Social Networking Icon Set

New set of icons “WHITE MAGIK” in .PNG format. But please link us back if you use it to chethstudios.blogspot.com.White Magik is perfect for white minimalistic sites and can be used with image hover for excellent looks!


So cute!




50+ Links for Twitter Backgrounds & Twitter Resources

// May 31st, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, Graphic Design, Graphics, Social Network, Twitter, Wallpapers, web tools, webdesign


 A unique Twitter background will help you stand out from the crowd, impress your visitors, and enhance your brand. There are a variety of places that offer free Twitter backgrounds. 

Here are 20+ links for Twitter Backgrounds. 

 

Free Twitter Backgrounds PSD Layered Files – 4 different free twitter backgrounds- PSD zipped files. which can be easily customized with no restrictions. These 4 backgrounds are designed using free textures from textureking and the Twitter Birds are from Productive dreams and SmashMag The rest credits are present on the zipped file.

Zidalgo Twitter Theme Pack 001 by Deluxive


Twitter CSS by AimanStudio – It’s so easy to use Twitter CSS, make sure that you read the info guide that into the .zip file before using this CSS.

Fantastic Twitter Backgrounds by Design-Maker



Follow me on Twitter by ~ kano89
– This wallpaper pack included wallpapers in WIDESCREEN and FULLSCREEN resolutions


twitterbackgroundimages.com


100+ Incredible Twitter Backgrounds


TwitterPatterns.com


tweetstyle.com


LimeShot.com


prettytweet.com

MyTweetSpace


Handpicked Twitter Backgrounds from DeviantArt


Visit Rosaura Ochoa’s photostream on Flickr for more unique and beautiful Twitter backgrounds.


Visit themoonwell’s photostream on Flickr for more colors of this design and more Twitter backgrounds.


freetwitterskins.com


twitterimage.com


sweettweet.net


TwitterBackgrounds
 

Stamps

Twitter Resource Lists

Twitter Widgets

  • BeTwittered - a Google widget for Twitter. Post updates without leaving your Google home page. A full Twitter client with tabbed message views, configurable refresh rate, avatars, fonts, etc.
  • Twitter Gadget - another Google widget to update your Twitter status and view your Twitter friends from your Google homepage.
  • Twidget - a free Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X that allows you to update your Twitter status.
  • Twitterflex - another free Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X which allows you to follow friends and update your own status.

Wallpaper and Icons  for Twitter

Twitter Utilities

  • Twitter Search searches Twitter conversations for keywords, hashtags, or @ replies to any user.
  • Twitterfeed posts your blog RSS feed to twitter.
  • Twitturly - a service for tracking what URLs people are talking about on Twitter.
  • twInfluence - a service measuring the combined influence of twitterers and their followers.
  • Twitter BlackList a list of known Twitter spammers.
  • TwitPic for sharing your photos o Twitter.
  • FriendOrFollow Who are you following that’s not following you back? Who’s following you that you’re not following back? Find out!
  • Qwitter a notification service when someone stops following you.
  • TwitStat - Real time Twitter Analytics
  • Twitter Grader - vanity booster or crasher (depending on the grade your profile gets :)
  • Twellow - the directory of Twitter users
  • Tweetstats graphs your Twitter usage (tweets per hour, day of the week, month, whom you tweet with, your preferred Twitter client, etc.)

Just for Fun

  • cursebird.com/ - Find out what foul mouthed followers are getting up to. Not for the easily offended.
  • popacular.com/gigatweet/ - Counting the number of Tweets. Pointless but fun to watch the counter count.
  • divvoted.com/ Vote for great websites via Twitter.
  • foamee.com/ - Owe someone a beer? Give it to them via Twitter.
  • wasoverheard.com/ - Provides an anonymous way to tweet things which you have recently overheard.
  • twistori.com/ - FunTwitter based tool from Amy Hoy. Find tweets based on Love Hate Think Believe Feel Wish feelings on Twitter.

Ego – Tools




SEM Labs Web Blog Icon Pack

// May 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blogging, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Useful, icon sets, webmaster


48 icons for use on the front and back-end of a site!




20 Most Popular Twitter Users.. Plus some cool links

// May 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blogging, Cool Links, Social Network, Twitter


20 Most Popular Twitter Users

According to Twitterholic, March 13, 2009

1. CNN (cnnbrk) Breaking News on CNN

2. Barack Obama (BarackObama)
3. Twitter (twitter) Twitter’s own twitter feed.

4. Britney Spears(britneyspears)
5. Ashton Kucher (aplusk)
6. The New York Times (nytimes)

7. Stephen Fry (stephenfry) This actor has accumulated quite the 2.0 following with a blog and Twitter feed that provides substantial, interesting content.

stephenfry

 

8. Jimmy Fallon (jimmyfallon)
9. Al Gore (algore)
10. THE_REAL_SHAQ (THE_REAL_SHAQ) The famous basketball player displays more wit than you could imagine, as per this recent post: “forget tony danza I’m da boss“.

11. Lance Armstrong (lancearmstrong)
12. Kevin Rose (kevinrose)
13. Evan Williams (ev) The CEO of Twitter.

14. NPR Politics (nprpolitics)
15. Coldplay (coldplay)
16. Pete Cashmore (mashable) who also happens to be hot as hell.

mashable


17. woot.com (woot) This site defies any advice that Twitter can’t be used for sales by posting very interesting items and their prices, with links. They only sell one item per day until it is sold out. They claim that they will only achieve profitability by 2043.

18. Wil Wheaton (wilw)

 

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19. Zappos.com CEO Tony (zappos)
20. Whole Foods Market (WholeFoods)

Also make sure to check out - The Ultimate List of People To Follow on Twitter

 


 

The Ultimate Guide for Everything Twitter

an alphabetized glossary, as well as a HUGE list of popular Twitter applications and instructions for incorporating Twitter into your website and blogs. Plus much more..

Sweet! My site made it in the list for my Twitter graphics post! Whoo Hoo!

 

More Twitter Links:

Directory for Twitter.

Tweetmeme tracks the most popular links on twitter every 5 minutes.

A must-have for statistics junkies. Graph your tweet density, how many replies you have sent to certain users, time of day that you are tweeting, etc. Amusing status messages.

A basic keyword research tool for Twitter – graph keywords that people are using.




Fun with Twitter: Twittereader.com & Twitterbuttons.com

// May 18th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Icons, RSS Feeds, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, free, web tools, webmaster


TwitteReader.com

Check out TwitteReader, a new and free service which turns Twitter into something resembling Google Reader. 

Once you’ve plugged in your username and password, it presents the latest tweets as individual feed items, which you can cruise through either by reading the short snippets (a la Google Reader) or expanding them out to full posts with a click.

Just like Google Reader and Gmail, you can move up and down the list with the same J and K keyboard shortcuts. You can also star items, which adds them to your Twitter favorites list. The application keeps track of what you’ve read and what you haven’t, which, depending on how many people you’re following, could be useful. If a system like Google Reader’s trends were to be applied to this you could see which people’s updates you’re not reading and cut them out of your followers list.

Of course the obvious must be stated here–you can simply take the RSS feed of your friends provided by Twitter and plug it into Google Reader to accomplish something quite similar. TwitteReader’s killer feature, however, is that it lets you post and reply to messages from each post, just like you would in Twitter.

 

Twitterbuttons.com

http://www.twitterbuttons.com

http://www.twitterbuttons.com

 

http://www.twitterbuttons.com


Check out Twitterbuttons.com!




Cybers Ebay Wordpress Plugin

// May 18th, 2009 // No Comments » // Admin Tools, Blogging, Code, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, I recommend, Useful, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Themes, web tools, webdesign, webmaster, wordpress tutorials


Cybers Ebay Wordpress Plugin

The eBay Wordpress Plugin is finally available.

The eBay plugin is very simple but effective. Once installed you input your EbayNetwork Campaign number into the settings, and how many ads you want to appear on each post.

Place the code <?php cybersebay(); ?> within the Wordpress loop and you are set.

The first time you use the plugin you will add a Custom Field to your post with the Key name, ebay. And use the value to hold the keyword for this post to import eBay ads. From here on out, whenever you write a post, you can select the custom field key, ebay from the pulldown list and add the keyword you wish to show listings for.

Below is an example from another site. The article is titled “Fun Stocking Stuffers” and the keyword for eBay is “Christmas Stocking Stuffers”

Click for full size screenshot

During my testing of the plugin I received a $27 click, and that is certainly the highest valued click I have ever received !

And it is ONLY $9.95 !!

Buy Now

High Roller Black Theme

High Roller Black

Release Date: March 30, 2009
Latest version: 1.0
Wordpress Version Up To: WP 2.7.1

Features:

The High Roller Theme for wordpress is a highly customized theme for your gambling affiliate website.

Here are some of the features:

  • Custom top casino/poker room table
  • Customize index page images and posts in seconds
  • Hide affiliate links and track outgoing hits
  • Custom banner management system with click tracking
  • Custom review and bonus templates
  • Custom room management system
  • Customize index page images and posts in seconds
  • Very clean and professional design




Add a twitter field to your Wordpress form (video tutorial)

// May 17th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Ibdreamy


Twitter

Instructional video on how to install and configure the wp-twitip-id plugin for Wordpress blogs. 5 minutes and you can include a field for your commentators to add their twitter ID

Add a twitter field to your form (Wordpress) wp-twitip-id from Andy Bailey on Vimeo.




Free Vector Letterhead and business card templates

// March 17th, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Free Logo Templates, Freeware, Graphic Design, Graphics, Headline, I recommend, Useful, free, web tools


Letterhead and business card templates Free Vector Graphics Downloads

(click on the images below for links to the sites)

dryicons_business_card_template

stylish_business_card_template

letterhead_and_business_card_template

business_card_design

business-cards-vector-eps

business-cards-vectors

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Seacch DivageekDesigns for more free design resources..




The Most Awesome Resource List – 4 Webmasters

// March 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Admin Tools, Blogging, Cool Links, Cool Websites, Design, Design Resources, Featured, Fonts, For Geeks, Free Logo Templates, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Icons, Rss Feed Icons, The Best of.., Tutorial, Useful, Wordpress, free, icon sets, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


BADGES

Web 2.0 Badges – A set of free badges to download and use in your own designs.

Fresh Badge – Quickly generate your own badge.

adClustr – Starburst badges.

Deziner Folio – A collection of different badges.

BittBox – Free vector badges.

Official Seal Generator – An alternative to the typical badge.

Photoshop Tutorial – A quick lesson on making your own badge.

Glossy Photoshop Tutorial – Create a glossy badge with this tutorial.

BUTTONS

mycoolbutton.com

My Cool Button – A nice online tool that will help you to quickly create the button that you want.

Adam Kalsey’s Button Maker – Simple tool to make your own buttons.

Button Maker from Blog Flux – Create your own custom button.

Brilliant Button Maker – A similar button maker to the previous 2.

CSS Buttons – Choose the text, border, and background.

Buttonator – A paid option for creating buttons.

RSS Button Maker – The name pretty much says it all.  

Button Boost – A little bit different than some of the other button generators.

ButtonGenerator.com – Create buttons for navigation menus.

Crystal Button – Slick web buttons made easy.

Chicklet Creator – Create buttons that allow visitors to subscribe in their feed reader of choice.

elegantthemes.com

ROUNDED CORNERS

Rounded corners are a staple in web 2.0 design. Here are some tools and scripts that will help you to quickly create your own rounded corners.

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RoundedCornr

Corner Shop

Spiffy Box

Canvas Corner

Spanky Corners

Sliding Doors Text Box

Smart Rounded Corners

Rounded Corners in CSS

News List

LOGOS

Each of these tools will create a simple web 2.0 style logo.

Logo Creatr

Web 2.0 Logo Creator

Web 2.0 Logo Creatr

Web 2.0 Logo Creator

Web 2.0 Stylr

ICONS

A web 2.0 site can’t ignore icons. Here are some free collections of icons to use in your own projects.

Web 2.0 icons

UtomBox – A great collection of web 2.0 icons.

Feed Icons – The standard RSS icon.

Map Icon Factory – Create your own map icon.

Perishable Press – A nice collection of RSS icons.

Glass Style RSS Icons

Snap2Objects – Vector RSS icons.

31 Sources of Quality, Free Icons

GRADIENT IMAGES

Another common element of web 2.0 is gradient images. Here are a few tools to help you.

Gradient Image Maker

grsites.com

GRSites Gradient Generator – use this generator to create a gradient background, the possibilities are endless and it’s super easy to use.

Online Gradient Image Maker (OGIM)

SPEECH BUBBLES

Speech bubbles are commonly used for styling comments or blockquotes.

Speech Bubbles from Will Mayo

Will Mayo

Bubblesnaps

CSS Play

XHTML Speech Bubbles

WigFlip

Fluid CSS Speech Bubbles

MySpace Speech Bubble Generator

Photoshop Tutorial

BACKGROUND IMAGES

Background Image Maker – Create background images with choices like transparency and gradients.

Stripe Generator 2.0 – If you’re looking to add a striped background to an element on your page, you can use this tool to customize the look you want.

Stripe Designer – Easily create striped images.

Tartan Maker – Create a tartan background image.

Texture Generator – Creates textured images that you can use as a background.

All Free Backgrounds – Choose the background you want.

COLORS

The Colors of Web 2.0 – Are you looking to match the color of a popular web 2.0 site?

Web 2.0 Color Pallete – Popular web 2.o colors.

Color Schemer Gallery – Having problems choosing a color scheme? Find one you like in this gallery.

COLOURlovers – More samples of color combinations.

Website Color Picker – Test color combinations quickly.

I Like Your Colors – Get the colors used by a particular site.

NAVIGATION

CSS Menu Generator – Easily create attractive CSS menus.

Listamatic – Collection of CSS menus.

List-O-Matic – Create your own CSS menus.

List-U-Like – Another tool to create your own navigation bars.

Tabs Generator – Create tabbed images for navigation.

Flash Buttons – Create navigation menus with flash buttons

CSS Play – An extensive collection of CSS menus.

Exploding Boy – Tabbed CSS navigation menus.

CSS Navigation Menu Generator – A tool to help you create your own menu.

FAVICONS

Favicon Generator – Create your own favicon from an image on your computer.

Favicon from Pics – Create a favicon from a photo.

Favicon Editor – Upload a photo, create a favicon.

Favicon.cc – Another option for favicons.

Photoshop Tutorial – Creating a favicon with Photoshop.

CHARTS

PHP/SWF Charts – Create attractive charts.

amCharts – Flash charts.

elegantthemes.com

OTHER

Avatar Maker – Create and edit an avatar.

Shrink Pictures – Create an avatar from your photo.

ScaleNine – Collection of skins and themes created for Flex and Adobe AIR.

VectorMagic – Converts bitmap images to vector art.

Templatr – Create a layout.

PsycHo – Blog template generator.

Web 2.0 Generator – Creates layouts.

Typetester – Compare fonts on-screen.

BlogPoll – Create a free poll for your blog.

RSSxl – Convert an HTML page to RSS.

Meta Tag Generator – Easily create meta tags for your pages.

URL Rewrite – Create search engine-friendly URLs for dynamic pages.

.htacces generator – Quickly create an .htaccess file.

Thumbnail Generator – Create thumbnails for a large amount of images.

Reflection.js – Adds reflections to your photos.

Drop Shadow – Improve your images with a drop shadow.

CSS Sprite Generator – From Website Performance.

Vecteezy – Stupid name. Cool vectors.

Brusheezy – Photoshop brushes.

PSBrushes.net – More Photoshop brushes.

deviantART – Photoshop brushes at deviantART

WooThemes - Finally a themes club that is here to stay

Free PSD Resources- Site List

photoshopfiles.com

officialpsds.com

psgalaxy.com

freepsd.com

designbum.net

deviantart.com

psdfreebee.com

toptut.com

downloadpsd.com

photoshopcandy.com


Sketchbook Scribble Brushes by ~InvisibleSnow on deviantART


cool brushes by ~XxMortanixX on deviantART


Urban Scrawl Photoshop Brushes by ~InvisibleSnow on deviantART




3 New + Cute Twitter birds

// March 2nd, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Social Network, Twitter, Useful, free


Twitter bird Vector Icon Set

Twitter bird vector icon set
download here: www.maurusso.com/public/TwitterbyMauRusso.rar

formats: ai svg png

Tweet Tweet

Tweettweet

tweet twitter

Download more at : http://randaclay.com/freebies/free-twitter-graphics/

Hand Drawn Twitter Birds

handytwitter5 handytwitter1 handytwitter2

Downloaded from Mysocialbuttons.com




Creating a Wordpress Theme From Scratch – Screencast Series…

// February 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Admin Tools, Blogging, Code, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, I recommend, Tutorial, Useful, Video Tutorials, Videos, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, free, web tools, webdesign, webmaster, wordpress tutorials


wordpressweek

Check out this Wordpress for Designers screencast series by In the Woods Blog by Themeforest.net

The following screencast is day #3 which is explained below:

WordPress for Designers: Day 3

Moving right along into day three of our Wordpress for Designers series; today we will start creating our own theme from scratch. We will have a close look at how exactly to go about setting up your themes stylesheet and information, as well as creating the index.php page. In addition, we will examine wordpress template tags, what they are, and how to use them properly.




The Fluency 2 Admin Wordpress Theme Rocks!

// February 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Admin Tools, Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, I recommend, The Best of.., Useful, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, free, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


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I’m using the WP Fluency 2 – Admin Theme for WordPress 2.7 and I LOVE it. I highly recommend it to anyone who uses Wordpress 2.7 it makes everything so much easier to navigate and it’s much cleaner looking. It’s basically just awesome in every way I can’t think of one negative. You must check it out!!

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New version of WP Fluency – Admin Theme for WordPress 2.7

// January 29th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Headline, I recommend, Useful, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Themes, Wp Themes, free, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


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Dean Robinson has recently released a new version of Fluency Admin 2.0 plugin that could significantly empower you to post with WordPress. The first thing you notice as you install it is the navigation. Really nice and slick space saving menu saves your energy when jumping from one section to another. This plugin makes everything just one click away.
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Also “hot keys” for quick access are introduced in this new version. You might find them useful once you get used to them. Oh, I almost forgot about the fixed position of the navigation. No need for scrolling anymore. That’s something I really like about Fluency Admin.

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Dean Robinson has recently released a new version of Fluency Admin 2.0 plugin that could significantly empower you to post with WordPress. The first thing you notice as you install it is the navigation. Really nice and slick space saving menu saves your energy when jumping from one section to another. This plugin makes everything just one click away. Also “hot keys” for quick access are introduced in this new version. You might find them useful once you get used to them. Oh, I almost forgot about the fixed position of the navigation. No need for scrolling anymore. That’s something I really like about Fluency Admin.

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Free Twitter Bird Icon Set by ProductiveDreams.com

// January 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blogging, Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Graphics, Headline, Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, web tools


twitter_icons_free

Yes! another FREE Twitter bird icon set! which comes with 6 icons (360×360 high quality transparent PNGs). You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. Realeased by Productivedreams.com for SmashingMagazine.com and

Please don’t forget to follow me on twitter.




Designer Love – Cool WebSites for Designers

// January 4th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Blogging, Code, Cool Links, Cool Websites, Design, Design Resources, Featured, Flash, Fonts, For Geeks, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Icons, Photoshop, Rss Feed Icons, The Best of.., Useful, Wordpress, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


Here you’ll find a huge list of useful websites for web designers and bloggers..Enjoy! Add your own useful links in the comment section! Links and screenshots of some of coolest resource sites for designers and bloggers including Free fonts, Icons, Templates, CSS inspiration, Graphics, Hex color schemes, Vector graphics, Design blogs and Mags.

colourlovers

Find design inspiration with thousands of palettes and color schemes to fall in love with. Influence color trends by rating, commenting and sharing.

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